Problem with dating married man

A gleaming wedding band here, a glimpse of a pale-blue shirt cuff there.

The images are stark, almost uncomfortably familiar; some of her dates look like men you might know.

Like her subjects, Caruana can’t be seen in her photos.

She came up with the idea for The Married Man after first hearing about the so-called ‘married-affairs’ websites in 2008.

But there was a personal element, too; at 19, she had an affair with a married man.

‘At the start [the work] was cathartic,’ she admits.

It’s a question that’s been considered by countless women before.

But although Natasha Caruana is no relationship expert – or heartbroken wife – she knows more about infidelity than most.

She knows, for instance, that men who cheat aren’t always in it for the sex (though some definitely are).She knows that they tend to cover their tracks well (and always pay with cash).And she knows that even newlyweds can succumb to affairs.What was really happening was nothing like the portrayal of infidelity that most of us are used to.There was no glamour, no excitement, no breathless tabloid tone.Instead, what is most striking about her work is its air of banality.